Infonetics: Data Brokering is Next Frontier for Subscriber Data
Management

"Now that the concept of a standalone subscriber data repository has gained acceptance, the next big thing in subscriber data management will be monetizing that unified data. Concerns about exposing subscriber data, even data that's been aggregated and made anonymous, still exist, but there's growing interest among operators in becoming identity providers, offering authentication and authorization services to third parties like content providers, retailers, and financial institutions," says Shira Levine, directing analyst for service enablement and subscriber intelligence at Infonetics Research. (Graphic: Infonetics Research)

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"Now that the concept of a standalone subscriber data repository has gained acceptance, the next big thing in subscriber data management will be monetizing that unified data. Concerns about exposing subscriber data, even data that's been aggregated and made anonymous, still exist, but there's growing interest among operators in becoming identity providers, offering authentication and authorization services to third parties like content providers, retailers, and financial institutions," says Shira Levine, directing analyst for service enablement and subscriber intelligence at Infonetics Research. (Graphic: Infonetics Research)

“Now that the concept of a standalone subscriber data repository has
gained acceptance, the next big thing in subscriber data management will
be monetizing that unified data. Many operators are already leveraging
consolidated subscriber data for internal use, and some are exploring
options for brokering that data externally,” says Shira
Levine, directing analyst for service enablement and subscriber
intelligence at Infonetics
Research.

Levine
continues: “Concerns about exposing subscriber data, even data that’s
been aggregated and made anonymous, still exist, but there’s growing
interest among operators in becoming identity providers, offering
authentication and authorization services to third parties like content
providers, retailers, and financial institutions.”

SUBSCRIBER DATA MANAGEMENT MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

As operators continue modernizing their networks, and recognizing that
legacy databases such as HLR
and AAA
aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, they are turning to SDM to ensure
a consistent representation of subscriber information across various
data sources

Opex continues to drive SDM spending, but voice over LTE (VoLTE) is
providing the real momentum, with operators migrating subscriber data
from front-end applications to a consolidated back-end system that
enables management of data across multiplenetwork domains

Infonetics expects demand for solutions that enable operators to
consolidate and manage subscriber data more efficiently to drive the
SDM market to $2.5 billion in 2018

Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com)
is an international market research and consulting firm serving the
communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking
emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics
helps clients plan, strategize, and compete effectively. View
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